The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation.

Looga (Look)

Arch, crook, also horse-bow or shaft-bow. A geometrical street-name group. See also Nurklik.

Lõokese (Lõoke[ne])

Lark. Various inclinations breed in Estonia:

Nõmmelõoke, wood lark, Lullula arborea
Põldlõoke, skylark, Alauda arvensis
Sarviklõoke, horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
Stepilõoke, calandra lark, Melanocorypha calandra
Tuttlõoke, crested lark, Galerida cristata
Välja-väikelõoke, greater short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla

To imitate a skylark, the sound you make is Liiri lõõri, so the nursery rhyme (Pöide region) goes like this:

Liiri-lõõri lõokene,
Piiri-pääri pääsukene,
Lenda üle meie kesa,
Rääste alla punu pesa.*

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Meika.

* You translate it!

Looklev (Adj.)

Winding, serpentine, meandering. Said to be named after its appearance which, bar one kink and half a curve, is straight as a die and T-shaped.

Loometsa (Loomets)

Possibly forest swathe, or a wood on limestone with stunted trees. Streetname apparently replacing that of the eastern stretch of Alvari.

Loomuse (Loomus)

Nature, character, being; but in this particular instance, given its proximity to the sea and other fishy streets, a catch, haul or draught of fish, usually taken with a seine net.